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- From: tswift@well.sf.ca.us (Theodore John Swift)
- Subject: Re: Powerbook Prices, marketing (was Price Club,etc.)
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:19:41 GMT
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- ogil@quads.uchicago.edu (Brian W. Ogilvie) wrote:
- > The Campus Computer Store at the University of Chicago just dropped
- > their price on the PowerBook 140 by about $450. The old price for a
- > 4/40 was $2,370; the new price is $1915, which is what they were
- > selling the PB 100 (4/40 with external floppy) for a month ago. I
- > don't know how these prices compare with the non-academic pricing.
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- That seems pretty close to my company's supplier's price to it's "corporate
- accounts: PB140 4/40 $1865. The weird price inversion is that the
- PB100 4/40 without floppy is still $1715; with floppy it's listed as $905.
- These are the only PB100 configurations listed. I interpret this as Apple
- is no longer selling/shipping the 100 without the floppy.
- I guess what I'd like to know is what will happen to the price of the PB140
- when the "next generation" of machines is unveiled a few months from now?
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- Ted Swift tswift@well.sf.ca.us or, better yet, Ted_Swift@qm.sri.com
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